Katie Crown (left) and Emily Grund (right) of GC Divers pose for a photo with Olympians Thomas Finchum and Troy Dumais at the USA Diving Junior Development Camp in Indianapolis.
Masters divers in Sydney for the 2009 World Masters Games
Team Orlando's Cinzia Calabretta performs a 5235D in the girls 16-18 platform finals at the 2009 USA Diving Age Group National Championships in Moultrie, Ga. She scored five 8.5s and a 9 on the dive, for 71.40 total points.
2008 Olympians Thomas Finchum, Laura Wilkinson, Christina Loukas, Haley Ishimatsu, David Boudia and Mary Beth Dunnichay take in a Chicago Cubs game atop the Wrigleyville Rooftops.
Go Team USA! Wally Layland, Kassidy Cook, Sarah Bacon and Andrew Cramer show their USA spirit at the Junior Pan Am Championships. Team USA came home with 31 medals!
Dashiell Enos and Steele Johnson, shown here diving at the 2009 Zone B National Preliminaries, are among the 20 divers representing the U.S. at the 2009 Junior Pan American Championships.
Masters divers gathered in Bloomington, Ind., for the 2009 Masters Summer National Championships.
Kelci Bryant won the women's 3-meter title at the 2009 AT&T National Diving Championships.
The top five finishers in the girls 14-15 platform competition at the 2009 Age Group National Championships, won by U.S. Elite's Brittany Anderson. Pictured (l-r) are Lauren Puglisi, Samantha Gallagher, Brittany Anderson, Eleanor Smart and Anna Percival.
Kristian Ipsen and Troy Dumais won a silver medal at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.
USA Diving coaches gathered for a high performance retreat at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
1992 Olympic gold medalist Mark Lenzi spoke to children at Olympic Day in the Playgrounds in Indianapolis.
Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen were recognized by the USOC with second place in the May Team of the Month honors after winning gold at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix.
David Boudia dives against a backdrop of palm trees and ocean views at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix.
Allison Brennan dives to gold at the 2009 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix.
Kelci Bryant and Ariel Rittenhouse won the silver medal on synchronized 3-meter at the 2009 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix.
Tory Ishimatsu soars above the water at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. She'll be representing Team USA at the 2009 Canada Cup in Montreal.
Nick McCrory, Ariel Rittenhouse, Michelle Cabassol, Mary Beth Dunnichay, Kelci Bryant and Thomas Finchum visited Chatsworth Castle while in England for the FINA Diving World Series.
USA Diving member Steve Voellmecke met former President George H.W. Bush at the 2009 Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. Voellmecke served as a judge at the NCAA meet. Former President Bush was an awards presenter at the competition.
Ariel Rittenhouse, Kelci Bryant, Thomas Finchum and Nick McCrory are in China for the 2009 FINA Diving World Series.
U.S. national team member Abby Johnston of Duke, shown here at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, recently set a school record en route to winning the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference title on 3-meter. Johnston, a freshman, also became the first-ever Duke diver to qualify for the NCAA Championships with a win at the Zone B Championships.
Whirlwind Diving's Elizabeth Fitzpatrick performs a pike dive at the 2009 Wendy Wyland Invitational in Fort Lauderdale. Fitzpatrick won the 1-meter and was second on 3-meter in the girls 12-13 age group.
Miami's Brittany Viola was selected to the 2009 World Championships team on 1-meter and 10-meter.
Purdue's David Colturi is one of nearly 60 divers who will participate in the 2009 World Championships team selection camp.
2008 Olympic coach Dave Burgering spent a weekend in California working with four Talent Development Program divers. Danielle Repper of Crown Valley Divers, Mark Anderson of Mission Viejo Nadadores, Janae Janik of Janik Divers and Olivia Rosendahl of the Trojan Dive Club participated.
Mark Anderson of the Mission Viejo Nadadores was one of the divers in the 2009 New Year's Day Rose Parade for the City of Mission Viejo's float, "Making a Splash."
Grayson Campbell (Dominion Dive Club), Ian Bryce Shelton (Patriot Dive Club) and Bradley Buchter (Soaring Eagles Dive Club) recently spent a weekend working with Olympic coach Wenbo Chen in Virginia as part of their selection into the Talent Development Program.
The Woodlands Diving Academy's Michelle Cabassol was the youngest qualifier at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. She qualified on both 3-meter and platform.
Kristian Ipsen competes at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Mark Anderson, Danielle Repper, Sarah Bacon, Wallace Layland and Gracia Leydon-Mahoney at USA Diving's Talent Development Camp in Indianapolis.
Janae Janik of Janik Divers was one of 19 divers participating in USA Diving's Talent Development Camp in Indianapolis.
Three-time Olympian Troy Dumais dives his way to a sixth-place finish at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Olympian Chris Colwill, left, and coach Dan Laak were recognized at a Georgia football game for being named 2008 NCAA diver and coach of the year.
Young divers gathered in Indianapolis for the 2008 USA Diving talent development combine.
David Boudia was honored as USA Diving's 2008 Athlete of the Year at the United States Aquatic Sports awards banquet.
2008 FINA Junior World Championships silver medalists Kaylea Arnett and Michelle Cabassol with their coach, Bob Gunter.
USA Diving is in Germany for the 2008 FINA Junior World Diving Championships.
The Rose Bowl Aquatics diving team won the banner contest at the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Speedo Junior National Championships.
Olympians Haley Ishimatsu, Christina Loukas, Ariel Rittenhouse and Nancilea Foster show off their USA Diving spirit at the Great Wall of China.
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team - Diving
A number of past Olympians were in attendance at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Diving.
The first four divers selected to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team (clockwise from top: David Boudia, Laura Wilkinson, Troy Dumais and Christina Loukas) celebrate together at the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Laura Wilkinson is aiming to make her third Olympic team at the June 18-22 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Diving.
Team USA at the British Elite Junior Diving Championships in Leeds, England.
Nine U.S. divers pack into a pair of phone booths in Sheffield, England, where they were competing at the FINA Diving World Series
Team USA and AT&T representatives got together for an ice cream social at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale.
Nancilea Foster is among the divers competing for the U.S. at the 2008 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix. Here, she's shown competing at the 2007 event.
Jevon Tarantino and Chris Colwill won their second national title together in men's synchronized 3-meter at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships in Minneapolis.
Windy City Dive Club divers welcomed David Boudia, Kelci Bryant, Haley Ishimatsu and Ariel Rittenhouse to their pool for a clinic and a workout. The national team divers were in Chicago for a USOC media summit.
Olympic Medal Program Tier II divers gather in Indianapolis for an OMP camp.
Jevon Tarantino and Dave Burgering take in some tunes at the World Cup.
Troy Dumais meets with representatives from USA Diving sponsor AT&T in Beijing. Earlier this year, Troy worked with AT&T to create a Tips and Training segment for AT&T's blue room.
Christina Loukas, Laura Wilkinson, Dave Burgering and Troy Dumais do a little sightseeing in Beijing.
Henry Kissinger took time to meet with the 2008 World Cup team in Beijing.
Chris Colwill had a pair of Top 8 finishes at the FINA Diving World Cup, where he was eighth on 3-meter and sixth with Jevon Tarantino in 3-meter synchro. Shown here, he dives at the 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, at which he won two bronze medals.
Laura Wilkinson, Jevon Tarantino, Christina Loukas, Cassidy Krug, Troy Dumais and Chris Colwill pose outside the Water Cube at night. Team USA is in Beijing for the FINA Diving World Cup, which runs February 19-24.
Team USA arrives in Korea for a pre-World Cup training camp. The team trained in Korea for two days before heading to Beijing.
Kelci Bryant and Ariel Rittenhouse hope to be in perfect synch at the FINA Diving World Cup in Beijing from February 19-24 in order to qualify the U.S. for the 2008 Olympic Games. Here, they're shown diving at the 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix.
Christina Loukas of Indiana Diving is one of 12 divers who will represent Team USA at the FINA Diving World Cup in Beijing from February 19-24.
Troy Dumais, shown here at the 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, is one of 30 divers competing at the World Cup team selection camp.
Coaches and divers from the Soaring Eagles Dive Club visited the National Training Center in December. Coaches Brad and Shelly Buchter and divers Bradley and Ashley Buchter, Lauren Magalski and Rachel Mumma made the trip from Pennsylvania.
Ian Forlini of Centennial Diving gets pulled on belts by his coach Steve Kuttruff. Steve and Ian took advantage of a warm day in Warminster, Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve and had some fun doing beltwork.
While in Colorado Springs for a high performance retreat, USA Diving coaches were able to learn the ins-and-outs of fencing. Apparently Indiana Diving coach Jeff Huber can take the jab of a good joke.
Japanese diver Mai Nakagawa, center, spent some time at USA Diving's National Training Center during a recent visit to the United States.
Makena Chamoures (Mission Viejo Nadadores/Todd Spohn), Dashiell Enos (Trojan Dive Club/Oleg Andriyuk) and Janae Janik (Janik Divers/Nancy Janik) and their coaches spent time training with Matt Scoggin as part of USA Diving's Talent Development Program.
The 12-13 girls won four medals at the 2007 Junior Pan American Diving Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lilly Hinrichs (left) won the platform gold, Annika Lenz (center) won silver on platform, and Kassidy Cook (right) won golds on 1-meter and 3-meter.
Happy Halloween from U.S. Elite Diving Academy's David Dinsmore!
Ryan Helms won silver medals on 1-meter and 3-meter at the Speedo Junior National Championships to earn a spot on the USA roster for the 2007 Junior Pan American Diving Championships.
Dave Burgering presents Thomas Finchum with the Athlete of the Year award at the 2007 United States Aquatic Sports awards banquet.
Grand Masters divers pose with their medals at the 2007 USA Diving Summer Masters National Championships in East Meadow, NY.
The World Series team had time for a little sightseeing in Sheffield, England, during the first leg of the three-week Series that features the top divers in the world.
USA Diving's 2007 World University Games team. The women finished with the silver medal in the team competition, while the men earned a team bronze.
USA Diving's Board of Directors and staff met for a retreat at the United States Olympic Committee complex in Colorado Springs.
Troy Dumais soars amid the clouds at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix. Dumais won the gold medal on 3-meter.
Four girls from the Woodlands Diving Academy placed in the top 12 of 14-15 platform competition at the Speedo Junior Nationals.
Christina Loukas and Amanda Miller dive in the women's synchronized 3-meter semifinals at the Kaiser Permanente National Championships.
With the mountains as a backdrop, David Boudia prepares for a dive in practice at Parque Aquatico in Rio de Janeiro, where the Pan American Games will be held July 25-28.
Kristian Ipsen of Diablo Divers swept the boys 14-15 age group at the 2007 Summer West Championships.
Drew Livingston spins in a tuck position at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, where he finished ninth in the men's 10-meter preliminaries.
Cassandra Cardinell competes on 10-meter at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix. She advanced to the finals and finished sixth to lead the U.S. team on that event.
The Seahawks Diving Team was a winner in USA Diving's Show Your Spirit Challenge at the 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix.
Thirty USA junior divers traveled to Sheffield, England, to compete at the British Junior Elite Nationals. The divers were selected based on their results at the 2007 Spring East/West Championships.
3D Diving team members were a vocal group during the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix. 3D Diving was selected as one of the winners of the Show Your Spirit contest at the Grand Prix.
The Montgomery Dive Club's Gracie Rosen and Elaina Faerber help out at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships. MDC divers created posters for each event and helped march in the finalists for introductions and assisted in handing out medals throughout the competition.
Hook 'em Horns! The University of Texas' Matt Scoggin and Mary Yarrison celebrate Yarrison's 1-meter title at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships.
Thomas Finchum and David Boudia won a bronze medal in men's 10-meter synchro at the World Championships.
Team USA arrives in Melbourne for the 2007 World Championships. Here, women's platform divers Mary Beth Dunnichay, Laura Wilkinson and Haley Ishimatsu catch their first glimpse of the pool.
USA Diving and AT&T have teamed up to create the USA Diving Desktop Communicator and Screensaver. Click on the image to go to the ATT blue room Team USA page to download the USA Diving Communicator.
The Trojan Dive Club's Dashiell Enos, age 10, practices a back pike during Trojan Twilight Diving.
Nancilea (Underwood) Foster spins in a tuck position at the 2005 Speedo/FINA Grand Prix.
USA Diving welcomes Debbie Hesse as its new CEO.
Debbie joined USA Diving on January 8, 2007.
Daniel Mazzaferro, Thomas Finchum, Cassandra Cardinell and Matt Cooper take a break in between events at the World Championship Selection Camp I in Columbus, Ohio. The four divers were playing a card game to pass the time.
Team USA'S Christina Loukas is all smiles at the 2006 World Cup in China. She represented the United States in two events - 1-meter and synchronized 10-meter.
Kelci Bryant, Wenbo Chen and Ariel Rittenhouse smile for the camera at the 2006 FINA Grand Prix Super Final in Guadalajara, Mexico. Bryant and Rittenhouse won the gold medal in the women's synchronized 3-meter event at the Super Final.
Cassandra Cardinell prepares for her armstand at the 2006 Speedo USA Diving Grand Prix, where she finished sixth.
Pine Crest Diving's Cameron Magness, age 5, welcomes Team USA in the Opening Ceremonies at the 2006 Speedo USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale.
Justin Wilcock eyes the water at the 2006 Kaiser Permanente National Championships. Justin, who trains at the National Training Center in Indianapolis, won the bronze medal in the men's 3-meter competition.
JJ Kinzbach soars high during a recent practice.
Mary Yarrison (left) and Abby Johnston dive their way to the 2006 women's synchronized 3-meter national title at the Kaiser Permanente National Championships in Indianapolis.
The Masters divers sport their USA red, white and blue at the FINA World Masters Championships.
The 2006 Junior World Championships Team poses for a group photo in Malaysia.
Wenbo Chen instructs of a group of divers at the National Grassroots Invitational.
David Boudia, Kelci Bryant and Thomas Finchum display their World Cup silver medals.
Samantha Pickens dives at the 2006 Summer East Championships in Moultrie, Ga.
Andrew Porten, age 8, warms up at the 2005 Spring West Diving Nationals at The Woodlands, TX. Andrew dives for Starz Diving in Indianapolis, IN.
Laura Wilkinson gathers with her fans after winning bronze in women’s platform at the 2006 Speedo USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale.
Team USA’s David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) twists through the air at the Speedo USA Diving Grand Prix, where he finished fourth in the 10-meter finals. David also won a bronze medal in 10-meter synchro with Thomas Finchum.
Nine-year-old Alyssa Arnett (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands Diving Academy) looks for the water at the 2006 Junior Spring West Nationals in Minneapolis. Alyssa, who was competing in her first spring nationals, finished 10th in 1-meter and 3-meter.
Christina Loukas and Cassandra Cardinell get in synch at the 2006 Speedo USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale. The pair scored 295.98 points to win the synchronized platform bronze medal, one of five medals won by Team USA at the Grand Prix. Photo by Doug Eaton Photography.
Charlie Retter of Liberty Dive Club in Philadelphia competes at the 2006 Region 3 meet. He finished second in 1-meter and 3-meter in the 12-13 age group and was second in platform in the 13 and under group.
Meredith Lipp, of Cardinal Diving Club, goes into a pike position in the Girls 12-13 3-meter competition at the Region IV meet in Bloomington, Ind. Lipp finished sixth in 3-meter and was fourth in 1-meter.
Amanda Lourenco's (a fourth grader at Sand Creek Elementary, Indiana) winning entry in the 2006 Speedo U.S. Open Coloring/Drawing Contest.
Team USA’s Drew Livingston takes flight during the 3-meter competition at the 2005 Junior Pan Am Diving Championships. Livingston captured the bronze medal in the boys 14-15 3-meter event and took the silver medal in the boys 14-15 platform event.
Mathew
Bumgarner, from Dive Oklahoma, reaches for his toes during 14-15
one meter competition at the 2006 Spring Region 6 Championship held
at the University of Denver, Colorado, March 11th and 12th.
Team USA’s Kaylea Arnett
squeezes into a tight tuck position during her 3-meter dive at the
2005 Junior Pan Am Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympian
Troy Dumais contemplates his next dive during the men’s 3-meter
contest at the 2005 Speedo/FINA Diving Grand Prix. Dumais took fifth
place in the event with a score of 432.99.
Team USA gets a pep talk from
Team Leader Ron Kontura at the 2005 Junior Pan Am Diving Championships
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The pep talk must have worked as Team
USA took the first place trophy over Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Brazil
and Ecuador.
Jake Kinzbach at San Antonio
Invitational 2005
Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach,
CA) holds a perfect armstand position during the girls 13 &
under platform event at the 2005 Speedo National Junior Diving Championships
in Huntersville, North Carolina. Ishimatsu took the bronze medal
in this event.
Team USA’s Drew Livingston
(The Woodlands, Texas) appears to be floating in the clouds as he
descends from the 10-meter platform at the 2005 Speedo/FINA Diving
Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Team USA’s Erin Savas
executes a dive from the 5-meter platform during the 2005 Junior
Pan American Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Savas
took the bronze medal in the 14-15 3-meter event and finished fourth
on 1-meter and fifth on 3-meter.
Team USA’s Landon Marzullo
holds a perfect armstand at the Junior Pan Am Diving Championships
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Marzullo took the gold medal in the
Boys 16-18 platform event.
2005 U.S. Open 3-meter champion
Chelsea Davis demonstrates perfect form during her dive at the 2005
Speedo/FINA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale. Chelsea took 13th
place in the 3-meter event and fourth place in the synchronized
3-meter event (with Laura Wilkinson).
Team USA’s Connor Kuremsky
springs into action at the 2005 Junior Pan American Diving Championships
in Fort Lauderdale. Kuremsky finished sixth on 1-meter and seventh
on 3-meter in the boys 12-13 age group.
Cassandra Cardinell makes a
back armstand from the 10-meter platform look easy at the 2005 Speedo/FINA
Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Team USA's Linus Altman-Kurosaki
lines up for his entry at the 2005 Junior Pan American Diving Championships
in Fort Lauderdale. Altman-Kurosaki took the silver medal in the
Boys 14-15 1-meter event and finished fourth in the platform event.
Team USA’s Kassidy Cook (Houston,
Texas) prepares for her 1-meter event at the 2005 Junior Pan Am
Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale. Cook went on to take gold
in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform events for a sweep of the girls
11 & under age group.
Team
USA’s Chris Colwill and Phil Jones look to be in perfect synch
on their 403b’s during the men’s synchronized 3-meter
springboard contest at the 2005 Speedo/FINA Diving Grand Prix in
Fort Lauderdale. The duo scored 7.5’s on the dive.
Tomahawk Diving Club’s Courtney
McClow (Tallahassee, Fla.) looks for the water as she descends from
the 10-meter platform at the Speedo National Diving Championships
in Huntersville, N.C. McClow finished eighth on 1-meter and 3-meter
and ninth on platform at the championships.
Kristian Ipsen twisted and somersaulted
his way to two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2005 Junior
Pan Am Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Team USA’s Katrina Young
(Shoreline, WA) reacts to the crowd’s cheers and applause
following her final round dive in the Girls 12-13 Platform event
at the 2005 Junior Pan Am Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale.
Young scored mostly 7’s on a 5233D from 5-meter to capture
the silver medal.
Coral Springs Diving Team’s
Jevon Tarantino stretches for the water during the men’s 3-meter
event at the 2005 Speedo National Diving Championships in Huntersville,
N.C. Tarantino won his first senior national title on the 1-meter
springboard and he took the bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard
event.
Campers who attended the 1st
China Dive Camp in Tianjin, China in August of 2005. Several campers
are from Arrow Dive Club. The coaches were Deliang Li (Arrow Dive
Club), Liangde Tan and Yukun Zhang (Coaches of the Chinese National
Team). The next camp will be in August 2006.
Members of Team
USA stand proud after capturing the first place trophy at the 2005
Junior Pan American Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Canada finished second, Mexico third, Columbia fourth, Brazil fifth
and Ecuador sixth.
COM Aquatic’s
Ashley Beal, of Midland, Texas, gets a hug from a fan after taking
second place in the Women’s 3-meter Synchro event with teammate
Erin Savas at the 2005 U.S. Open in Midland, Texas.
Kaylea Arnett takes flight
at the Oklahoma regional training center during the Region 8 Championships
Matthew Bumgarner at Summer
Region 8 Championships
JJ Kinzbach at World Team Selection Camp
Brittany Viola
Displays Perfect Pike Position
Thomas Finchum and David Boudia at the Speedo FINA Diving Grand Prix. |